{{short description|American soccer player (born 1996)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Caleb Calvert |image = Caleb Calvert Portland Timbers vs Colorado Rapids 2016-10-16 (30377656705) (cropped).jpg |image_size = |caption = Calvert with Colorado Rapids in 2016 |fullname = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|10|22}} |birth_place = Wrightwood, California, United States |height = {{convert|1.88|m|abbr=on}} |position = Forward |currentclub = |clubnumber = |youthyears1 = 2011–2013 |youthclubs1 = Chivas USA |years1 = 2013–2014 |clubs1 = Chivas USA |caps1 = 0 |goals1 = 0 |years2 = 2015–2018 |clubs2 = Colorado Rapids |caps2 = 21 |goals2 = 1 |years3 = 2015–2016 |clubs3 = → Charlotte Independence (loan) |caps3 = 41 |goals3 = 8 |years4 = 2017 |clubs4 = → Charlotte Independence (loan) |caps4 = 6 |goals4 = 1 |years5 = 2018 |clubs5 = → Charlotte Independence (loan) |caps5 = 18 |goals5 = 1 |years6 = 2019 |clubs6 = Saint Louis FC |caps6 = 28 |goals6 = 2 |nationalyears1 = |nationalteam1 = |nationalcaps1 = |nationalgoals1 = |medaltemplates = |club-update = October 24, 2019 |nationalteam-update = }}
'''Caleb Calvert''' (born October 22, 1996) is an American soccer player who most recently played for Saint Louis FC in the USL Championship.
==Early life and education== Caleb attended Serrano High School in Phelan, California. He had originally committed to playing NCAA Division I collegiate soccer for the University of California, Santa Barbara men's soccer team alongside his Chivas USA Academy teammate Ben Spencer before electing to turn professional.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thegoatparade.com/2013/2/7/3962550/chivas-usa-academy-seven-players-commit-college-national-signing-day |title=Chivas USA Academy: Seven Players Commit to College on National Signing Day |last=Rodriguez |first=Alicia |date=February 7, 2013 |website=www.thegoatparade.com |accessdate=October 22, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/chivas-usa-signs-newest-homegrown-player_aid28963 |title=Chivas USA signs newest Homegrown Player |last=Eskilson |first=J.R. |date=July 2, 2013 |website=www.topdrawersoccer.com |accessdate=October 22, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thegoatparade.com/2013/7/2/4487020/report-chivas-usa-set-sign-academy-player-caleb-calvert-homegrown-forward |title=Report: Chivas USA set to sign Academy player Caleb Calvert to Homegrown deal |last=Rodriguez |first=Alicia |date=July 2, 2013 |website=www.thegoatparade.com |accessdate=October 22, 2015}}</ref>
==Career== ===Professional=== On July 5, 2013, Calvert signed a homegrown player contract with Chivas USA, making him the youngest signing in club history.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chivas USA sign 16-year-old forward Caleb Calvert as Homegrown player|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/07/05/chivas-usa-sign-16-year-old-forward-caleb-calvert-homegrown-player|website=MLSsoccer.com|publisher=Major League Soccer|accessdate=28 March 2015|date=5 July 2013|archive-date=3 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403070015/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/07/05/chivas-usa-sign-16-year-old-forward-caleb-calvert-homegrown-player|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, he never got a chance to play for the club as Chivas folded after the 2014 season.
On November 19, 2014, Calvert was selected by the Colorado Rapids in the 2014 MLS Dispersal Draft.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rapids select Caleb Calvert in the Chivas USA Dispersal Draft|url=http://www.coloradorapids.com/news/2014/11/rapids-select-caleb-calvert-chivas-usa-dispersal-draft|website=ColoradoRapids.com|publisher=Colorado Rapids Media Relations|accessdate=28 March 2015|date=19 November 2014|archive-date=18 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418063752/http://www.coloradorapids.com/news/2014/11/rapids-select-caleb-calvert-chivas-usa-dispersal-draft|url-status=dead}}</ref> On March 27, 2015, it was announced that Calvert had been sent on loan to USL affiliate club Charlotte Independence.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rapids loan Berner, Eloundou and Calvert to Charlotte Independence|url=http://www.coloradorapids.com/news/2015/03/rapids-loan-berner-eloundou-and-calvert-charlotte-independence|website=ColoradoRapids.com|publisher=Colorado Rapids Media Relations|accessdate=28 March 2015|date=27 March 2015}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He made his professional debut that same day in a 3–2 defeat to the Charleston Battery.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fay|first1=Jillian|title=Charlotte Left To Rue First Half Errors|url=http://www.charlotteindependence.com/charlotte-left-to-rue-first-half-errors/|website=CharlotteIndependence.com|accessdate=28 March 2015|date=27 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330012151/http://www.charlotteindependence.com/charlotte-left-to-rue-first-half-errors/|archive-date=2015-03-30|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== *{{MLS player|caleb-calvert}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Calvert, Caleb}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:American men's soccer players Category:Chivas USA players Category:Colorado Rapids players Category:Charlotte Independence players Category:Saint Louis FC players Category:Men's association football forwards Category:People from Wrightwood, California Category:Soccer players from San Bernardino County, California Category:Major League Soccer players Category:Homegrown Players (MLS) Category:21st-century American sportsmen